Research-
Kelly: Nautical terms
Ellie: The types of boats in the list
Jeff and Maggie: Procedures in underwater archeology and surveying techniques
Liz: The fleets that our boats come from
Maggie: Procedures in Underwater Archaeology
Here are just a few links of some helpful sites in order to get everyone accolomated with various safety hazards and concerns regarding underwater archaeology, as well as systems of classificiations and points of information needed in order to perform a safe and culturally enriching dive! Thanks guys! http://geochief.org/Course_Materials/Scuba/scuba3.htm:
The Geochief website provides excellent general information on underwater archaeology and safety hazards while diving. http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/maritime/welcome.cfm
I found the information from the ECU Maritime COnservation Lab extremely helpful. It gives an overview of what the program does and, hopefully with time and dedication, we can strive to achieve the level of professionality and preciseness of the ECU program during our own wreck dive. http://www.archaeology.ncdcr.gov/ncarch/UAB/UABindex.html
Check out the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch website for interesting facts, amazing photos, and a chance to explore another underwater archaeology program like ours!
One of 5 vessels built for the suppression of the slave trade and piracy during President James Monroe’s “Era of Good Feelings”
Constructed in 1820 at Charleston Navy Yard in Boston Massachusetts
United States Navy Schooner (Schooner: A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.)
Primarily used to combat slave trade off coast of Africa and protect merchant ships in West Indies from pirates
Also used to combat piracy in the caribbean
*USS-United States Ship Angustias
From the Fleet of 1733, also known as the New Spain Fleet
22 ships carrying a total of 20,000,000 pesos in Mexican Silver under the command of General de Torres sailing from Havana
All but four ships were wrecked during a hurricane
A merchant ship that carried 4 cannons
Left Havana harbor for return home to Spain
Wrecked in a hurricane
Herrera
From the Fleet of 1733 aka New Spain Fleet
Also called Nuestra Senora de Belen y San Antonio de Padua
Transported old world goods from Spain to trade
Wrecked in same hurricane as the Angustias
HMS* Looe:
46 gun British Frigate (Frigate: A high-speed, medium-sized sailing war vessel.)
Originally commissioned in January of 1742 under command of Lord Northesk
Captain Ashby Utting was later given command in 1743 while Great Britain and Spain were at war.
Sailed to North America to guard coast of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida from a Spanish invasion
*HMS-His/Her Majesty’s Ship Guerrero:
Spanish slaving brig* carrying African slaves to be sold at the Cuban plantations
Intercepted by the British Navy schooner, the HMSNimble, which was patrolling the waters for illegal slavers
The Nimble chased the Guerrero and ended when both ships struck a reef
*Brig: A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts.
A vessel with two or more masts, with fore and aft sails on both masts, normally less than 150 tons, but some of the triple masted schooners built on Prince Edward Island in the 1880's exceeded 700 tons.
HMS Looe
Frigate
Three-masted medium sized square-rigged sailing warship with two full decks, generally with only the upper deck armed with between 28 to 60 guns, used in the 18th and 19th centuries, mainly for escort duties and reconnaissance. The American 'super-frigates' of 1812 deviated somewhat from this single gun-deck rule.
Length 212 ft. Beam 48 ft. Depth 19 1/4 ft. Tonnage 1,605 tons Crew (Wartime) 815
Angustias & Herrera:
Carrack
The largest European sailing ship of the 15th century is the Spanish carrack, easily outdoing the caravel in tonnage (more than 1000 tons compared to an average of 250 for the caravel).
The carrack quickly became the standard vessel of Atlantic trade and exploration in mid-16th century Europe, until an important modification is made to its design. The carrack has unusually high castles in bow and stern, but an Englishman named John Hawkins discovered in the 1560s that the large forecastle seriously hampers sailing. The great bulk of it, catching the wind ahead of the mast, has the effect of pushing the bow to leeward - making it very difficult to sail close to the wind.
Beginning in 1570 Hawkins experimented with a design in which the high forecastle is eliminated, proving that a ship with high stern and relatively low bow is faster and more maneuverable.
Hawkins' 'low-charged' design, which acquires the general name of galleon, becomes the standard form for all large ships until the late 18th century.
In Spanish this type was called carraca or nao, in Portuguese it was called nau (which meant simply "ship"), in French it was nef, and English military carracks were called "great ships".
Guerro
Brigantine
The Brigantine was a type of ship used in large numbers, both as a Merchant vessel and as a Naval Ship. It carried 16 guns and was rigged for speed, having both Top gallant sails and royals.
These ships were used by Navies of the World for scouting and reconnaissance duties. They were used to track down ships of an enemy. Many of the Brigs of the late 18th century could carry sweeps for maneuvering in still weather. In 1814 the British Navy had 71 brigs of various types carrying 10 to 16 guns. Length 110 ft. Beam 28 ft. Depth 16 ft. Crew 100 to 120
This is a scan of the grid section that i drew, there is a small key along the bottom.
-Jeff
site survey inventory of the items in Jeff's Section:
Hey so here are the emergency procedures.
- Jeff
Hey guys!
Here's the site assessment that will help us with our dive plan!
I saved it as a word document:
- Maggie
i also put this on the discussion, but heres the tvnewsmen part of the site assessment as a word document
Research-
Kelly: Nautical terms
Ellie: The types of boats in the list
Jeff and Maggie: Procedures in underwater archeology and surveying techniques
Liz: The fleets that our boats come from
Here are links for nautical terms but im putting them into a packet form of some sort. im just putting them here for my sake.
http://phrontistery.info/nautical.html
http://pirates.missiledine.com/images/ships/shipsection.jpg
http://quis.qub.ac.uk/sailing/gifs/top-schm.gif
http://www.thepirateking.com/ships/ship_types.htm
Maggie: Procedures in Underwater Archaeology
Here are just a few links of some helpful sites in order to get everyone accolomated with various safety hazards and concerns regarding underwater archaeology, as well as systems of classificiations and points of information needed in order to perform a safe and culturally enriching dive! Thanks guys!
http://geochief.org/Course_Materials/Scuba/scuba3.htm:
The Geochief website provides excellent general information on underwater archaeology and safety hazards while diving.
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/maritime/welcome.cfm
I found the information from the ECU Maritime COnservation Lab extremely helpful. It gives an overview of what the program does and, hopefully with time and dedication, we can strive to achieve the level of professionality and preciseness of the ECU program during our own wreck dive.
http://www.archaeology.ncdcr.gov/ncarch/UAB/UABindex.html
Check out the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch website for interesting facts, amazing photos, and a chance to explore another underwater archaeology program like ours!
Jeff: techniques in underwater archaeology
main links used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_archaeology
http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/A-Bi/Archaeology-Underwater.html
and the geochief site information.
Liz: The fleets where our boats come from
Fleets Where the Ships Come From
USS* Alligator:
- One of 5 vessels built for the suppression of the slave trade and piracy during President James Monroe’s “Era of Good Feelings”
- Constructed in 1820 at Charleston Navy Yard in Boston Massachusetts
- United States Navy Schooner (Schooner: A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.)
- Primarily used to combat slave trade off coast of Africa and protect merchant ships in West Indies from pirates
- Also used to combat piracy in the caribbean
*USS-United States ShipAngustias
- From the Fleet of 1733, also known as the New Spain Fleet
- 22 ships carrying a total of 20,000,000 pesos in Mexican Silver under the command of General de Torres sailing from Havana
- All but four ships were wrecked during a hurricane
- A merchant ship that carried 4 cannons
- Left Havana harbor for return home to Spain
- Wrecked in a hurricane
Herrera- From the Fleet of 1733 aka New Spain Fleet
- Also called Nuestra Senora de Belen y San Antonio de Padua
- Transported old world goods from Spain to trade
- Wrecked in same hurricane as the Angustias
HMS* Looe:- 46 gun British Frigate (Frigate: A high-speed, medium-sized sailing war vessel.)
- Originally commissioned in January of 1742 under command of Lord Northesk
- Captain Ashby Utting was later given command in 1743 while Great Britain and Spain were at war.
- Sailed to North America to guard coast of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida from a Spanish invasion
*HMS-His/Her Majesty’s ShipGuerrero:
- Spanish slaving brig* carrying African slaves to be sold at the Cuban plantations
- Intercepted by the British Navy schooner, the HMS Nimble, which was patrolling the waters for illegal slavers
- The Nimble chased the Guerrero and ended when both ships struck a reef
*Brig: A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts.Here are the websites I used to gather this info:
USS Alligator
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/flshipwrecks/all.htm
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/projects/04alligator/welcome.html
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-2.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/schooner
1. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.
Angustias
http://www.n-the-florida-keys.com/Angustias-Shipwreck.html
http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/underwater/galleontrail/fleetOf1733.cfm
Herrera
http://www.shipwreckexpo.com/fkherrera.htm
HMS Looe
http://shipwreckexpo.com/fklooe.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/frigate
- A warship, usually of 4,000 to 9,000 displacement tons, that is smaller than a destroyer and used primarily for escort duty.
- A high-speed, medium-sized sailing war vessel of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Guerrerohttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0730_040730_guerrero_slaves_2.html
http://www.cdnn.info/industry/i040829/i040829.html
http://www.melfisher.org/turtleharbor.htm
flota=fleet
brig=A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts.
Ellie: Ship Types
USS Aligator
Schooner
A vessel with two or more masts, with fore and aft sails on both masts, normally less than 150 tons, but some of the triple masted schooners built on Prince Edward Island in the 1880's exceeded 700 tons.
HMS Looe
Frigate
Three-masted medium sized square-rigged sailing warship with two full decks, generally with only the upper deck armed with between 28 to 60 guns, used in the 18th and 19th centuries, mainly for escort duties and reconnaissance. The American 'super-frigates' of 1812 deviated somewhat from this single gun-deck rule.
Length 212 ft. Beam 48 ft. Depth 19 1/4 ft. Tonnage 1,605 tons Crew (Wartime) 815
Angustias & Herrera:
Carrack
The largest European sailing ship of the 15th century is the Spanish carrack, easily outdoing the caravel in tonnage (more than 1000 tons compared to an average of 250 for the caravel).
The carrack quickly became the standard vessel of Atlantic trade and exploration in mid-16th century Europe, until an important modification is made to its design. The carrack has unusually high castles in bow and stern, but an Englishman named John Hawkins discovered in the 1560s that the large forecastle seriously hampers sailing. The great bulk of it, catching the wind ahead of the mast, has the effect of pushing the bow to leeward - making it very difficult to sail close to the wind.
Beginning in 1570 Hawkins experimented with a design in which the high forecastle is eliminated, proving that a ship with high stern and relatively low bow is faster and more maneuverable.
Hawkins' 'low-charged' design, which acquires the general name of galleon, becomes the standard form for all large ships until the late 18th century.
In Spanish this type was called carraca or nao, in Portuguese it was called nau (which meant simply "ship"), in French it was nef, and English military carracks were called "great ships".
Guerro
Brigantine
The Brigantine was a type of ship used in large numbers, both as a Merchant vessel and as a Naval Ship. It carried 16 guns and was rigged for speed, having both Top gallant sails and royals.
These ships were used by Navies of the World for scouting and reconnaissance duties. They were used to track down ships of an enemy. Many of the Brigs of the late 18th century could carry sweeps for maneuvering in still weather. In 1814 the British Navy had 71 brigs of various types carrying 10 to 16 guns. Length 110 ft. Beam 28 ft. Depth 16 ft. Crew 100 to 120
info from website: __http://www.thepirateking.com/ships/ship_types.htm__
I hope these are helpful!
__http://www.treasuresites.com/members/shipwreck.htm__http://www.shipwreckexpo.com/fkherrera.htm
http://www.n-the-florida-keys.com/Angustias-Shipwreck.html
http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/underwater/galleontrail/fleetOf1733.cfm